Is there a nonstop flight from Houston (HOU) to Oakland (OAK)?

Yes. Southwest operates a nonstop HOU–OAK service year-round.

How often do flights leave HOU for OAK?

About daily — 6.8 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 7 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop HOU to OAK flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $200 and $350 one way, with a median of $250. Based on 671 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Houston to Oakland nonstop

Yes: Southwest flies direct from Houston (HOU) to Oakland (OAK) about 7 times a week, year-round.

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daily6.8 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$200–$350typical one-way · median $250 · US DOT Q2 2025

1,642miles · about 3 hr 55 min

Route detail

Houston to Oakland in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 1,642 miles nonstop, about 3 hr 55 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew every month of the last year, a steady 7 flights a week.
Sep 2025: 7 flights a week
Oct 2025: 8 flights a week
Nov 2025: 8 flights a week
Dec 2025: 8 flights a week
Jan 2026: 7 flights a week
Feb 2026: 7 flights a week
Mar 2026: 7 flights a week
Apr 2026: 7 flights a week
May 2026: 7 flights a week
Jun 2026: 7 flights a week
Jul 2026: 7 flights a week
Aug 2026: 7 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: Southwest is the only carrier filing this pair.
Fares: Half of the 671 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $200 and $350 one way, median $250. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $175 to $300, 914 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $200 to $350, 938 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 699 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $250 one way, middle half $200 to $350, 671 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $200 one way) and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $250), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Oakland to Houston nonstop.

Also nonstop from Houston (HOU)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Dallas (DAL) about 11 times a day
Atlanta (ATL) about 7 times a day
Denver (DEN) about 6 times a day
Chicago (MDW) about 5 times a day
New Orleans (MSY) about 5 times a day
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 5 times a day
Las Vegas (LAS) about 5 times a day
Nashville (BNA) about 5 times a day

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